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Senior Software Developer, Cerberus

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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, GBR
Senior level
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, GBR
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Leads development of Cerberus, a scalable real-time facial recognition and identity platform. Owns technical solution delivery, architecture, code quality, governance, estimation, documentation, incident escalation, and on-call support. Mentors developers, conducts reviews, promotes knowledge sharing, and guides a small team in building reliable full-stack systems for regulated global operations.
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Company Description

We’re one of the world’s leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 10,000 people and serve over 120 million customers in 26 languages.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of growth opportunities, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our global worldwide.

Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, featuring more than 1.38 million In-Play sporting events a year. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe (750,000), we handle over 6 million HTTP requests daily and process more than 1.5 million bets per hour at peak.

Job Description

As a Senior Software Developer, you will spearhead ground breaking innovation and foster a culture of excellence in AI-driven engineering on our facial recognition and identity platform.

The Cerberus real-time identity platform is a cornerstone of our global success, driving essential identity, compliance, and operational functions within highly regulated jurisdictions. The platform leverages cutting-edge AI technology to deliver robust and scalable solutions.

The engineering team designs and implements robust facial recognition and identity systems. It works in a full-stack environment to support global expansion, ensuring high-quality software delivery. This role sets the standard for a talented group of developers to innovate and excel in delivering reliable solutions. It embraces an AI-first culture and champions the adoption of next-generation tooling and image analysis to accelerate delivery and enhance code quality.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid work from home policy.

Qualifications

  • Expert knowledge of Kafka, SQL, .Net, Golang or React.
  • Proven experience building highly scalable systems, preferably in the cloud (GCP valued).
  • Proficiency in developing customer-centric front-end solutions.
  • Exposure to NoSQL datastores.
  • Leadership experience within development teams and technical project delivery.
  • Capability in technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews.
  • Strong technical documentation skills.
  • Deep understanding of large-scale, highly available, multiuser, service-based systems.
  • Familiarity with on-call rotations and incident response.

Additional Information

  • Act as a point of escalation for the team both in and out of office hours.
  • Lead the development of scalable, maintainable, and performant systems.
  • Apply active governance around overall solution design and code quality.
  • Ensure solutions meet the needs of the Business.
  • Manage work estimation and the production of solution documents.
  • Maintain a deep understanding of the technical structure, domain, and architecture of the systems.
  • Guide a small team of developers in the design and development of solutions.
  • Own technical solutions and their hands-on delivery from development to live.
  • Promote knowledge sharing and mentor team members.

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